The same read, 6 days running
6 days
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The strongest read on this video has stayed about where views were coming from for 6 days running — one stretch, not 6 separate days.
See this videoThe story so far
The whole history, read in the order it happened — every video and every quiet day kept in.
758Views to date — across 16 videos on this channel since Apr 10, 2026
Read it from the start
Step through this channel’s whole history one beat at a time — every publish, every milestone, every quiet stretch, each shown as it stood on that day. You can also scrub freely from the timeline above.
Recent stretches
Reads that have held for more than a day, shown once as a stretch rather than repeated each day.
A 10-day stretch
10 days
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A threshold the channel passed has been the recurring read on this video across 10 days running.
See this videoA 15-day stretch
15 days
View movement has been the recurring read on the channel across 15 days running.
See the storyThe story so far · Apr 28, 2026
Every video, every quiet day, every number — kept in the order it happened. Scroll to move through it.
The shape of it
How the record accumulated
The solid line traces what is recorded. The dashed tail is a plain continuation of the same trend — not a prediction, just the line carried on.
Where the channel is now
This stretch is still being written — the most recent days, kept in the order they happened.
First external
Found from outside YouTube, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 — first External views — 2026-04-11, day 3.
1 view from External links
Discovery shift
Video 3 overtook Video 2 for lifetime views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 overtook Video 2 for lifetime views — 2026-04-11, day 3.
41 vs 28
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 10 views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-11 (day 3).
Reached on day 1
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 25 views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 crossed 25 views on 2026-04-11 (day 3).
Reached on day 1
Milestone
Video 2 crossed 10 views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 2 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-11 (day 3).
Reached in 2 days
Milestone
Video 2 crossed 25 views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 2 crossed 25 views on 2026-04-11 (day 3).
Reached in 2 days
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 50 views, day 4
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 crossed 50 views on 2026-04-12 (day 4).
Reached in 2 days
Milestone
Channel crossed 100 total views, day 4
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Channel crossed 100 total views on 2026-04-12 (day 4).
Milestone
Video 2 crossed 50 views, day 6
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 2 crossed 50 views on 2026-04-14 (day 6).
Reached in 5 days
Milestone
Video 6 crossed 10 views, day 7
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 6 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-15 (day 7).
Reached in 2 days
Beginnings
The first thirty days
First video published. Traffic typically arrives in batches over the following weeks.
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
It started on 2026-04-09, the day The Real Reason You're Not Getting What You Want published.
16 videos went up in the first thirty days, and lifetime views across that early batch now sit at 758.
The Guilt Nobody Talks About When Your Startup Fails carried 54% of views in the first thirty days.
Milestone
Video 1 crossed 10 views, day 8
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 1 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-16 (day 8).
Reached in 8 days
Reach
Australia crossed 5% of channel views, day 2
On day 2, Australia reached 5% of the trailing-week share (about 10% of the trailing 7-day window). Whether the share holds or drifts tends to read more clearly over the following month.
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 100 views, day 11
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 crossed 100 views on 2026-04-19 (day 11).
Reached in 9 days
Milestone
Video 8 crossed 10 views, day 11
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 8 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-19 (day 11).
Reached in 4 days
Milestone
Video 8 crossed 25 views, day 11
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 8 crossed 25 views on 2026-04-19 (day 11).
Reached in 4 days
Milestone
Video 4 crossed 10 views, day 11
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 4 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-19 (day 11).
Reached in 8 days
Milestone
Video 8 crossed 50 views, day 12
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 8 crossed 50 views on 2026-04-20 (day 12).
Reached in 5 days
Milestone
Video 4 crossed 25 views, day 12
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 4 crossed 25 views on 2026-04-20 (day 12).
Reached in 9 days
Belief
"mid_length_videos_optimal" flipped to disagrees
After 0 days reading inconclusive, the mid_length_videos_optimal verdict flipped on 2026-04-14. The new reading: disagrees. Wisdom verdicts can flip more than once on the same channel — the interesting question is whether this flip persists.
Milestone
Video 4 crossed 50 views, day 14
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Video 4 crossed 50 views on 2026-04-22 (day 14).
Reached in 11 days
Milestone
Video 13 crossed 10 views, day 15
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Video 13 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-23 (day 15).
Reached on day 1
Milestone
Channel crossed 500 total views, day 15
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Channel crossed 500 total views on 2026-04-23 (day 15).
Milestone
Video 5 crossed 10 views, day 16
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Video 5 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-24 (day 16).
Reached in 12 days
Milestone
Video 12 crossed 10 views, day 16
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Video 12 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-24 (day 16).
Reached in 3 days
Convergence
Three videos at once, 2026-04-19
2026-04-19 read as a convergence day: 3 videos each lifted at the same time. Patterns of this shape typically suggest a shared off-channel signal rather than a per-video event.
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 250 views, day 19
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Video 3 crossed 250 views on 2026-04-27 (day 19).
Reached in 17 days
Milestone
Video 6 crossed 25 views, day 20
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Video 6 crossed 25 views on 2026-04-28 (day 20).
Reached in 15 days
Milestone
Video 10 crossed 10 views, day 20
Common advice · agrees
“Publishing video N consumes impressions that would otherwise have gone to video N−1, slowing N−1's…”
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“A new publish steals impression budget from the rest of the catalog.”
Video 10 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-28 (day 20).
Reached in 9 days
Pattern
Success Looks Disappointingly Ordinary: peak into tail, day 16
Day 16: Success Looks Disappointingly Ordinary moved from peak into tail. The arc usually follows publish energy first, then a long tail.
Pattern
Stop Protecting a Job That's Probably Going to Leave You Anyway: quiet into tail, day 20
Stop Protecting a Job That's Probably Going to Leave You Anyway's lifecycle stage changed from quiet to tail on day 20. The next stretch typically reads quieter than the previous one.
Today
As of 2026-04-28
Several recent uploads are competing for attention at the same time.
Through 2026-04-28, the catalog has reached 16 videos and 758 lifetime views, with 0 subscribers along for it. The record keeps going from here.
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The most-watched, so far
408views
More views than any other video on this channel to date — a count, read straight off the record.
The Guilt Nobody Talks About When Your Startup Fails
Open this videoThe story keeps going. Tomorrow’s day gets logged the same as every day before it.